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Mayo took his place in the yawl and preservedthe trip down the harbor

When they swung under the counter of the schooner which was their

destination, the young man noted that she was the Drusilla M Alden,

a five- the coast, so far as the

methods and manners of her master went; Mayo had heard of her nized him under the name

of Captain Dohen the runner had addressed him

The new member of the crew followed the e schooner, with o aboard, showed less

than ten feet of freeboard ae?" asked the mate, when they were on deck

"No, sir"

"Then you o on this watch"

"Yass'r!"

"We'll call it now eight bells, "

Mayo knew that the hour was not much later than eleven, but he did

not protest; he knew so about the procedure aboard coastwise

coal-schooners

Search-lights bent steady glare upon the chutes dohich rushed the